英语翻译Experts say the United States will need more than two million new teachers in the next ten years.More than one million public school teachers are close to retirement.So schools will have to do more to get people to become teachers.The Nat

英语翻译Experts say the United States will need more than two million new teachers in the next ten years.More than one million public school teachers are close to retirement.So schools will have to do more to get people to become teachers.The Nat
英语翻译
Experts say the United States will need more than two million new teachers in the next ten years.More than one million public school teachers are close to retirement.So schools will have to do more to get people to become teachers.
The National Education Association says the shortage of teachers from racial and ethnic minorities is especially great.The N.E.A.is the largest teachers union in the country.
The government last counted teachers in two thousand.It found that eighty-four percent were white,compared to sixty-one percent of students.
African Americans were about seventeen percent of the children in public schools.This was true of less than eight percent of the teachers.And Hispanics represented about sixteen percent of the students but less than six percent of the teachers.
There has been some change in these numbers.In all,sixteen percent of teachers are minorities.But this is true of twenty-one percent of new teachers.
Many people,however,say they do not enter teaching because it gets less respect than other professions.Only about ten percent of teachers in the lower grades are male,compared to nearly fifty percent in the upper grades.Also,demand for minority college graduates means these job seekers can often get other work that pays more.
Teachers must have at least a bachelor's degree.In some areas,they must earn a master's degree within a few years to keep their jobs.But keeping new teachers can be difficult.About twenty percent leave the profession within three years.In cities,close to fifty percent leave in the first five years.
Teachers say they are not paid enough for all of the duties and responsibilities they have.Many take work home with them during the school year and vacations.Many also take classes to increase their knowledge and skills.And many say they do not get enough help from more experienced teachers or support from school officials.
The N.E.A.says teachers spend an average of more than four hundred dollars of their own money each year on classroom materials.Some do it because they want to; others might have little choice.Yet the union reported a year ago that a majority of teachers said they would return to the profession if they had it all to do again.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach.This is Gwen Outen.

英语翻译Experts say the United States will need more than two million new teachers in the next ten years.More than one million public school teachers are close to retirement.So schools will have to do more to get people to become teachers.The Nat
专家说美国将需要超过二百万新教师在接下来的十年.超过一百万所公立学校教师已经接近退休.所以学校将必须做更多的工作来让人们成为教师.
全国教育协会说,缺少教师从种族和少数族裔尤为重要.这个全国工程师协会是最大的教师工会在这个国家.
政府在二千年最后清点教师.它发现,百分之八十四是白人,而只有百分之六十一的学生.
非洲美国人大约百分之十七的孩子在公立学校.这是真正的不到百分之八的教师.和西班牙裔代表大约百分之十六的学生但少于百分之六的教师.
已经有一些变化在这些数字.总之,百分之十六的教师是少数民族.但这是真的,百分之二十一的新教师.
但是,大多数人,说他们不进入教学,因为它得到更少的尊重比其它专业.只有百分之十的教师在低年级是男性,而高年级的近百分之五十.同时,少数民族大学毕业生的需求意味着这些求职者可以经常得到其它工作支付更多.
教师必须至少有一个学士学位.在一些地区,他们必须获得硕士学位在几年内继续他们的工作.但保持新老师是很困难的.大约百分之二十在三年之内离开这个行业.在城市中,接近百分之五十的离开在第一个五年.
老师们说他们没有报酬,足以让所有的义务和责任,他们有.许多把工作带回家做他们在学年和假期.许多人也上课来增加他们的知识和技能.和很多人表示他们并没有得到足够的帮助从更有经验的教师或支持从学校官员.
这个全国工程师协会说教师平均花费超过四百美元自己的钱每年在课堂材料.一些做它,因为他们想;有些可能别无选择.但欧盟报告一年前,大多数老师说他们会重返职业如果他们有这一切再去做.

据专家称美国将需要超过两百万的新教师